Indigenous Friends Association
Publicly funded institution · Ajax, Ontario · BN 795484286RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,957,988) as filed with the CRA.
Indigenous Friends Association is a charitable organization based in Ajax, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $533K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 46 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $597K in 2022 to $3.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Indigital program: a wellness tech eduation and mentorship program through indigenous worldviews for/by racialized individuals. Participants develop digital employability and life skills through reconnecting with their community values and culture.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3M | $2.6M | — | — | $1M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $1.6M | $1.3M | — | — | $668K |
| 2022 | $597K | $722K | $677K | — | — | -$66K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $533K from 10 charities:
- Future Generations Foundation$252K
- RBC Foundation$75K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$54K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$50K
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- The Trottier Family Foundation/la Fondation Familiale Trottier$20K
- Toronto Foundation$1,215
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,025
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions46
- Total compensation, all staff$1.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruth Green (board member); Robert Mackenzie Young (treasurer); Rebecca Lyon (board member); Shane Young (president); Cerolia Kim (board member); Mun Wai (rowan) Ho (board member); Jeong-Wan Hong (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Indigenous Friends Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 795484286RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.